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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:12:59 GMT
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From: PMD 
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Subject: Re: Tony thread
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PMD flushed and wrote :

>
>"THE Old Man"  wrote in message
>news:hujhnv8gcpc4l90lahtgb6m2uq8quudsiq@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:06:30 +0100, "PMD" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >> Ray,
>> >            I don't think Tony's the culprit. I reckon it's a program
>> >scanning usenet for email addy's and spamming them. It's happening all
>over
>> >usenet newsgroups. What's pissing me off is that my intended email is
>> >bouncing off the server as my quota is reached. It might be a good idea
>to
>> >activate a spam filter on the server side so your comp doesn't get
>spammed
>> >but my ISP blueyonder doesn't support this but other folks' might.
>>
>>
>> I don't know the "Tony Story" but with a good anti-virus that you keep
>> up to date you should be OK.  You WILL get the MANY e-mails that are
>> generated ... some have the virus ... some don't.  Just don't take
>> chances .. scan the whole bunch.  I also use MAILWASHER that grabs
>> everything that comes in and "blacklists" all the senders that are not
>> on my "friendly" list.  It then adds them to a "black list", bounces
>> the mail and then deletes it.  Norton first does it's thing.
>>
>> JUST BE CAUTIOUS.
>>
>>
>> >
>>
>Hi,
>    I managed to get around the problem, which is now global. If you are
>still bighted by this then you can instruct OE to delete said files on the
>server by filtering out anything you like. I used the subject field by
>filtering words like 'MS' and 'Microsof't and a few others. OE will only
>download the headers from the server and delete according to your rules,
>therefore you don't wait for them to download. If anyone needs instructions
>let me know.
>
>PD
>

But then again, I'm an idiot.